Sawdust and Spangles

Image: “Ringling Bros-Barnum & Bailey / Europe’s Latest Sensation The Wallendas” ca. 1928. Color lithograph poster Erie Lithograph ...

The Latest edition of the Circus Historical Society's periodical the Bandwagon was mailed on Wednesday October 24th. Members should...

I received a terrific phone call from Ivan yesterday telling me he had already had his double lung transplant and was in the process of gett...

You should be able to double click this to enlarge it enough to read Rev. Billy Graham's message.

I've been converting many of the photo albums in my possession to computer CDs for a modern way of sharing circus history via photogr...

From our Octoberfest to yours, Happy Birthday wishes go out to Big Jim Peterson, owner of the Mighty Peterson Shows and controller of the ...

Here are the two Ringling / Barnum units as seen on the train in 1952. I wonder where the dumping stations were back then?

This is 1988. This is a Hal Guyon photo taken in Rock Hill, SC.

The 1973 and 1974 version on Circus Kirk was a small streamlined version that was pulled by a station wagon.

Circus Kirk had changed the unit a couple times over the years. By 1975, ye old toilet had been positioned into an old Bread truck for eas...

This was a former Ringling / Barnum unit that went to Royal American Shows and eventually came to the Circus World Museum. It was used on ...

This is Circus Krone's facilities complete with attendant. This was taken by Bruce Hawley this summer.

( Photo is courtesy of Ivan's blog - The Circus Days. - I have a link to it below ) This wise old troupe of veteran performers wer...

October 03, 2012 3:30 am  •  By Ed Zagorski      Attendance and retail sales are on the rise at Circus World Museum in Baraboo, but not a...

The Circus Historical Society will be offering a huge special on some past editions of the Bandwagon. Each and every special will only be...

I never saw the Royal American Shows in operation but I did get to visit their WQ in Tampa on a few occassions over the years. This is the...

Here it comes!

As far as the eye can see. What a sight this was.

One Truck and a trailer fill a 70' flatcar. I wonder how heavy that load was.

Here are a couple of the fiormer RBBB Thrall flats in use.